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It was gathered that the suspected
assassins, who were armed with AK-47
rifles, gained access into the compound
located in the Kpansia area of the state
capital at about 2 a.m.

But Mr. Ikiogha, a close friend and ally of
former President Goodluck Jonathan and
former Chief of Staff to Bayelsa State
Governor Seriake Dickson, was not in the
house when the gunmen struck.

Mr. Ikiogha parted ways with Mr. Dickson and
pitched his political tent with the All
Progressives Congress (APC), where he made
an unsuccessful attempt to secure the APC
ticket in the Bayelsa State gubernatorial race.
The hoodlums reportedly scaled the high fence
of the building and found a policeman guarding
the house fast asleep with his rifle.
They were said to have seized the policeman's
rifle and tied him up before breaking into one of
the rooms in the building.

Speaking in confidence, a source from the
house described the incident as scary, adding
that God saved the chief for not being home
when the gunmen came into the apartment.
He said the hoodlums operated for an hour
between 2 a.m. to 3 a.m. before leaving the
house.

“After tying up the policeman, the gunmen cut
the iron protective device in one of the
windows and entered the room. They held one
of the domestic servants at gunpoint and
ordered him to lead them to the chief's room,”
the source said.

“When they got to the room, the only saw the
wife. They asked the wife to produce her
husband. But the woman insisted he traveled.

“They told her they came for the chief but that
since he was not around she should give them
all the money in the house. The woman was
able to give them some money. They left
promising to come back for him again.”
The source said before the attack, the chief
complained that his life was being threatened
by some unknown persons.

"He was once complaining that people were
after his life. He said it could be in connection
with his recent statement on issues affecting
the state,” the source said.

When contacted, Mr. Ikiogha declined to give
details of the incident, claiming that divulging
such details could jeopardize the ongoing
investigation.

Suspected Boko Haram fighters have
killed at least nine people and
abducted as many as 40 others in
south-east Niger , according to local
officials.
The gunmen late on Sunday attacked a
village in Kablewa town near the
southeastern Niger city of Diffa, close
to the border with Nigeria , authorities
said on Monday.
They killed eight young people and an
elderly man, Kablewa Mayor Abari Elh
Daouda told the DPA news agency by
telephone.
In a separate interview with the AFP
news agency, Daouda said between 30
to 40 people, including women and
young men, were also abducted.
He said Niger authorities were headed
to the area to investigate.
Abba Gata Issa, another mayor from
the Diffa area, confirmed to Reuters
that nine people had died, and around
40 women and children had been
kidnapped.
The attackers rode camels into the
village and carried out the killings,
according to Maman Nour, the director
of a community radio station in
Kablewa.
The attack was the second such
incident in the village in a week.
There are more than 300,000 refugees
and displaced people sheltered in the
Diffa area, but authorities said they
were planning to transfer thousands of
refugees and displaced people to
camps further from the border with
Nigeria, where Boko Haram operates.
Al Jazeera's Ahmed Idris, reporting
from the Nigerian capital, Abuja, said
no group has claimed responsibility
for the latest attack.
"For incidents like this, it takes Boko
Haram days to come up with a
statement," he said. "But over the last
two months in particular, we've seen
heightened activities on the part of the
Boko Haram, who have stepped up
their suicide bombings, especially on
the Nigerian side.
"This is an escalation at a time when
security services are saying that they
have gotten a grip of the situation,"
our correspondent said.
Since 2015, the armed group's
members have been staging regular
attacks in the Diffa region, where
Niger has declared a state of
emergency.
On Wednesday, two female bombers
blew themselves up in a refugee camp
in the town, killing two other people
and wounding 11, in an attack also
blamed on Boko Haram.
More than 20,000 people have been
killed and more than two million have
fled their homes since Boko Haram
launched an armed campaign in 2009
to create an Islamic state in northeast
Nigeria.


Source: Al Jazeera and news agencies

A tragic accident occurred on Saturday,
July 1, along the Auchi Benin Expressway in
Edo state
- According to a Facebook user, a truck lost
its brake and plunged into people killing
several of them
- The trailer belonging to a cement company
crushed a commercial bus and the people
within
July 1, 2017 is a day many of the people
who use the Auchi Benin Expressway in
Edo state will remember for a very long
time, if not forever.
A trailer reportedly belonging to Bua
Cement Company experienced brake
failure and plunged into a commercial
bus full of people killing them and other
bystanders.
The Facebook user who reported the
incident, posted the following:
"This is Ewu, the most dangerous road
(route) in the world if you ask me, passing
through that narrow road and surviving
it, is by God's grace, if you can escape this
area I bet you, God is really by your side.
"Just yesterday It was a scene of sorrow,
tears and death at the ever-busy Ewu
Junction in Ewu Town, Esan Central Local
Government Area of Edo State as a trailer
belonging to Bua Cement Company
crushed a commercial bus to a pulp.
"So many persons lost their lives. It's so
unfortunate that the government turned
deaf ears to this particular area and not
wanting to do anything about it, at same
time Former minister of works under
Jonathan, Mike Onolemenmen and the Mr
fix it from Esan land.
"It's possible they benefit from this road
accident in their home town. Too bad."
Another Facebook user said:
"God help your children, my people see
what happened for Ewu hill in esan
central Local Gov,t area in Edo State
along Benin Auchi xpress way Edo State
on saturday 1/7/2017 10:15am.
"More than 45 people in the 3 transport
buses from Abuja to East trailer failed
break then climb and grade them like
pepper."

A Minnesota woman has been charged with manslaughter after she shot and killed her boyfriend as part of the pair's attempt to become YouTube celebrities.

According to court documents, Monalisa Perez called 911 on June 26 at around 6:30pm local time to say that she had shot Pedro Ruiz III.

Perez shot Ruiz while he held a book in front of his chest. They had hoped that the video of the book stopping the bullet would gain them Youtube fans.

According to a Star Tribune report citing a nearby television station in North Dakota, the shooting took place near the couple's home as their three-year-old daughter was nearby.

An aunt of Ruiz, who was not named by WDAY-TV, was quoted as saying that she knew what they planned to do and that she tried to talk them out of it.

At least one child has died after a big fire engulfed a camp for Syrian refugees in Lebanon's Bekaa Valley, according to the Red Cross.

Flames and thick clouds of black smoke rose on Sunday from the site near the town of Qab Elias, which is an hour's drive from the capital Beirut.

A security source said the cause of the fire was not immediately known.

Lebanon is hosting at least one million Syrian refugees officially registered with the UN, many of them living in informal tented settlements scattered around the country.

But the government says the number of Syrian refugees in Lebanon is closer to 1.5 million.

*Group Asks EFCC To Freeze Zamfara Governor's Bank Accounts*

A pro-democracy and transparency-focused group, Concerned Nigerians, has called on the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) to investigate Mr. Abdul'aziz Yari, governor of Zamfara State, and freeze all of his bank accounts.

Concerned Nigerians noted that Mr. Yari was alleged, in May, to have diverted $3 million from the Paris Club Refund to build a 100-room Hotel in Lekki, Lagos and another N500million from the special account of the Nigeria Governors' Forum and deposited the said sum into a mortgage bank account to pay off a loan.

The group referred to an exclusive report by SaharaReporters stating that Mr. Yari, who is the Chairman of the Nigeria Governors' Forum used the money to pay back a loan he obtained from a mortgage institution to purchase two properties in 2013.

"It is pertinent to note that the Zamfara State Governor is the Chairman of Nigeria Governors' Forum and he is a high ranking member of the All Progressives Congress (APC) and very close to President Muhammadu Buhari.

The EFCC must not just investigate Mr Yari, but freeze all accounts associated with him where government funds must have been diverted just like they did in the case of Mr.Fayose," the group demanded.

*Lagos State Launches Environmental Sanitation Corps*

According to the government, the Kick Against Indiscipline Brigade has been transformed into the newly employed LAGESC corps members, which will ensure that environmental laws in the state are strictly adhered to.

While recalling the signing of the Environmental Management Protection Law which he performed in March 2017, Ambode said deliberate reforms to revolutionise the solid waste management sector in line with international best practice have been put in place through the CLI, and urged the people to support the government in its bid to transform the sector.

He said, "To roll back sanitation shortcomings and accelerate seamless cleaning of our environment, the Lagos mega city was in dire need of an enduring solution that would match the needed technology with the massive investment required for its attainment.

"It is this void that the CLI has come to fill by creating an environment for the private sector to harness international best practice in the vital area of solid waste management and consequently free public funds for other beneficial uses.

"As a result, residential waste collection and processing which is concessioned to a reputable and competent multinational waste services company is being given a new lease of life with 600 brand new compactors and 900,000 electronically tracked bins, while wastes generated by the commercial sector would be handled by licensed waste management operators (PSP)."

Fast kwe

Hmm dis is abnormal

Odiegwu

OrestesDante:
I will pray for them

why do i have this feelin that this animal resemble osinba.

Y u too dey lie lyk dis

Thank GOD no fupre

Chache classic

Here lies the fate of 9ja...Oct 1

Stop compromising your faith, say the truth for once pastor osiba

ApostleJSuleman:
This is really sad, anytime I think of this it makes me weep,how we have drowned the name of beloved nation unto the mud for selfish and egoistic gains, it is sad and pitiable.. Really sad..

. Someone raised an important issue and this is all you have to say?? U should Ba ashamed of yourself

oh i should feke

On behalf of nigeria men, we disown her

Dreamer

9ice 1

Incoming ;DIncoming

Arsenal defender Nacho Monreal says Mesut Ozil and Alexis Sanchez will not commit their futures to Arsenal until Arsene Wenger signs a new contract at the club. Sanchez and Ozil are Arsenal's two highest earners and most important players but their contracts expire in the summer of 2018 which means they could move to other clubs for minimal fees. Monreal, a left-back at the club, says the current uncertainty around the trio "does not help" and results continue to suffer. Wenger's contract expires this summer but the Frenchman already has a two- year-extension availiable to him. "But today these are the circumstances: the coach finishes his contract and has not yet communicated whether he continues or not, then there are two important players like Alexis and Mesut who finish their contracts next season and they are waiting for the coach to follow. "It is a situation of uncertainty, and that does not help. But it is not in our hands either." Wenger and Sanchez were recently involved in a training ground bust-up which led to the attacker benched for the 3 - 1 loss at Liverpool. The Chilean how however been ever- present for the Gunners since the defeat. The #WengerOut Brigade is gaining momentum at this moment and if signs a new deal at the club, it would increase the discontent among the fan base.

Arsenal defender Nacho Monreal says Mesut Ozil and Alexis Sanchez will not commit their futures to Arsenal until Arsene Wenger signs a new contract at the club. Sanchez and Ozil are Arsenal's two highest earners and most important players but their contracts expire in the summer of 2018 which means they could move to other clubs for minimal fees. Monreal, a left-back at the club, says the current uncertainty around the trio "does not help" and results continue to suffer. Wenger's contract expires this summer but the Frenchman already has a two- year-extension availiable to him. "But today these are the circumstances: the coach finishes his contract and has not yet communicated whether he continues or not, then there are two important players like Alexis and Mesut who finish their contracts next season and they are waiting for the coach to follow. "It is a situation of uncertainty, and that does not help. But it is not in our hands either." Wenger and Sanchez were recently involved in a training ground bust-up which led to the attacker benched for the 3 - 1 loss at Liverpool. The Chilean how however been ever- present for the Gunners since the defeat. The #WengerOut Brigade is gaining momentum at this moment and if signs a new deal at the club, it would increase the discontent among the fan base.

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am tired of all these nonsense, so because I
gave Obama my
phone numebr, I can no longer rest again! He has
been
disturbing ,calling me on phone, sending me text
messages and
just recently he added me on WhatsApp. Just
imagine, any smal
problem he encounters he wil jst rush, pick his
phone and call me
for advice. Just last week Obama woke me up
from my dear sleep
with a phone call just to tell me that his daughter
is gettin married!
So if your daughter is getting married, I should
leave Ondo state
abi
And 2weeks ago Jay-z called me on phne,
apparently
Obama gave him my numbr, imagine smal Jay-z
called
me to tel me that his wife Beyonce is pleadin for
my
autograph for their child, Blue Ivy. What sort of
problem
is this na??
And because I gave Bill Gate money, I can no
longer rest in my
house again o, Dangote is now always comin to
my house asking
me to give him money too, wich I ave given him
enough, but he
jst wont stop coming.
Nigeria is greedy. Now that 2015 is around d
corner our
president Goodluck Ebele Jonathan, is now all
over me
telling me to help him win the election. ......Damn!
Wat's all these
na
Abeg, let me go and piss first,,, I must finish dis
dream
this afternoon oooo..., please, nobody should wake
me
up o....

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